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North Bend 2-Man Best Ball Tourney North Bend Golf Course will host a two-man, next ball tournament on June 28-29. The cost is $100 per team and earn extra $20 for a team skin game. The fee for carts is $40 per 18 holes per team. Call for North Bend at (304) 643-2206 for Saturday tee ...

Captain Casto: Ripley sophomore earns triple-A all-state’s top honor

There aren’t many stories on Ripley super sophomore shortstop Bryson Casto that don’t involve baseball. There was the time he was about four years old. His dad Shane, a former player and now his high school coach, handed him a bat and told the family that whatever hand he grabbed it with ...

Dodgers promote Patrick Copen to double-A

TULSA, Okla. — Parkersburg Catholic graduate and former Marshall University pitcher Patrick Copen has earned two minor league starts since being promoted from High-A Great Lakes (Mich.) to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers. On June 6 against the Amarillo Sod Poodles in Tulsa, Copen allowed five ...

Messerly prepared for whatever is thrown at WVU

MORGANTOWN — It’s raining. You might have noticed that. Rained yesterday, too. It’s on all the newscasts. In Fairmont and the surrounding area it’s been a lethal storm, a disaster with accompanying floods and loss of life. So weather is on all of our minds and that makes it timely to ...

Sole Mates: Freedom Fun Run 5K returning to benefit veterans

PARKERSBURG — The Freedom Fun Run 5K is taking place again this year, starting this upcoming weekend with a week-long virtual event. Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law has been hosting the fundraiser for 15 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they decided to incorporate the virtual aspect of the ...

State champ Knights land 4 on 1st team all-state

WHEELING — Koy Lipinski’s season very much mirrored his Wheeling Central Maroon Knights’ season as a whole– a good start, but an even better finish. The Maroon started their season with a sturdy 9-2 record, but from there on, they hit another gear, finishing 27-4 and winning the Class ...